Inside rusting remains of the Essex County Jail where cells have been left to fall apart
dailystar.co.ukurban explorer has shared a series of 'spooky' photographs of an abandoned jail in the US which has been left to decay for so long that the cells are falling apart.
Gregory Hooqe shared images of the dreary find in several Facebook groups, showing the rotting damp walls of the building, which fans have now dubbed a place of misery.
The images show the perfectly preserved outer shell of the building that hides a dark, mouldy interior.The brickwork is thick with spores of black mould and the metal of the pipes has all turned rusty in the two decades since it was abandoned.
Cell doors have become so corroded that they have fallen open - making the beginning of the building crumble to the ground.Describing the history of the building, the explorer wrote on his blog Abandoned Way: "The Essex County Jail Annex was designed by the Eastern State Penitentiary architect, John Haviland, and was built in 1872/73. "After having many additions built throughout the years it finally closed in 2003 when a new, state-of-the-art prison was built.
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